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News-Journal HOKE COUNTY'S BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM he HOKE COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER J The Hoke County News 1 ."'i-'ioke County Journal VOLUME XXXIX NO. 47 KALI-OKU, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1943 SLUO PER YEAR NEWS OF OUR MENwWOMEN IN UNIFORM Charles B. Johnson, Jr. Member Of B-29 Unit, Cited For Service A 20TH BOMBER COMMAND B-29 SUPERFORTRESS BASE, In dia. Technician Fifth Grade Charles B. Johnson, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnson of Raeford has been a , warded the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque as a member of an aviation ' signal company at headquarters, 20th Bomber Command in India. This award, newest of its kind as outlined by the war department, was based on a nine months' period of superior operation and maintenance of com munication facilities required by the 20th Bonber command headquarters. t,v u a . ... . munications at all times, the bomber command was materially aided in meeting its target dates, and in the I successful bombing of vital zones on the Japanese mainland, Formosa, Ma- i laya. China, Bunra, Thailand, In-do-China, anj Manchuria. ' Opl. Johnson, who has completed I thirteen months of service in India 1 entered the army on October 2, 1942. ' and has been a member of the cited unit for the past 15 months. Jle was formerly employed by the U". S. En gineers at Wilmington. His wife and son, Charles Thomas, reside at 305 Green Street, Fayetteville. Mrs. Johnson is the former Miss Gertrude Cottingham of Raeford. Capt. Hyde Writes Of J. L. Teal, Jr.'s Death The following lotter has been re ceived by Mrs. J. L. Teal telling of ; the death of her son, Lonnie, on a ' battlefield in Germany: ' i My dear Mrs. Teal: It i3 with the deepest regret & t I express my sincere sympathy I . Jy you in your grief at the loss of jr son, and our comrade-in-arms, .-fc. Jesse L. Teal, Jr., 34 678 307, mho was killed in action in Germany on March 15, 1945. Jesse was a trustworthy and faithful soldier. He believed in the ' greatness and justice of our cause, and was willing to sacrifice his life for this cause to succeed. His pas nrt sing has been profoundly felt mourned by all of us. It will be a co.r.fort to you to know that your son was a gallant soldier, iiKea ana respected oy an me o - ficers and men m his Company. e all under tar.d as we are sure ? ft tmeit' steTth ofSilg Zluelr i i i At. will never feel that his been in vain. j u i utraiii lias Jesse was buried in an American cemetery in France, and a Protestant"? rive; . Co'ton1Jga1fmen1ts": chaplain officiated at the burial. I shall consider it a privilege to be of any possible service to you in any way whatsoever in the future. Very sincerely, JAMES R. HYDE, Capt., 254th Inf., Commanding. Combat Badge Opl. Earl R. Bass, who is with the 75th Division serving in Ger many, has been awarded the Com bat Infantry Ba'dge, according to a special announcement received by The News-Journal yesterday. His wife, Bonnie H. Bass, is from Raeford. Pvt. Roy Jones has notified his father, T. C. Jones, of his safe ar rival in Germany. He is assigned to the First Army. Lt. John Alec Smith, son of J. W. Smith of Vass and nephew of Mrs.,the N j RiUer of Rocfcfish and 3. M. Norton of Raeford, has writ- wul RiUer o( Fayetteviiie; one sister, ten home that he is in a hospital in Mrs j c. o Maxton. Paris w th a slight concussion which Funaral serves, were conducted was caused by the explosion of a Tue9jlay afternoon at 5 o'clock from shell near him. He is serving with Galatia Presbyterian church with the 9th anmy. Dan Cox, SKV 3-c, of the Norfolk Naval Training base, spent a short leave at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Cox. " Neill Brothers it On Leyte x-fc. Kenneth McNeill and Sgt. Ed McNeill, sons of Mr. and Mrs. John K. McNeill of Raeford, ran up on each other the other day down on Leyte Island. Both boys have been stationed in the Pacific for some months but this is their first meet- ing. Some weens ago uoooy t-ar- Sgt. Ed in an army postoffice, and the McNeill boys planned to call Guard Kills Negro Convict As Two Attempt Escape Alex Hanks Killed And Henry Cuinmings Is Still At Large In Break For Freedom In Al lendale. Henry Cummings is being sought j by police and state's prison- officials. and Alex Hanks went home in a coffin as the result of a break by two negro convicts from the Scot land county prison cairp last Fri day, while the ir.-en were working on a county-state highway in Allendale township, near the Arch McGugan j farm. ! Penal Director H. H. Honeycutt i announced that Hanks, 19-year-old 1 1" V-J.. j Warren County man, was shot, by i uruaru marviii tiei niun iiiiu uiai i ran about 100 yards after being hit I before he dropped dead, dimming--. who was under 1518 year sentence from Cumberland county for man slaughter, made good his escape by entering a nearby woods. Search for him by Hoke and Robeson county officers continued in the area fo ?hout 24 hours. I Hanks was serving an 8-10 ye?r; sentence for assault with a deadly weapon. In another break Friday night at the Macon County camp, Leonari Curtis was seriously wounded when three prisoners disarmed a guard and broke the ward roo n door down. i"1. nnl,r nplcnnar Vi i kv several shots from other guards, but the other two prisoners escaping, Charlie William Jones and James Hackney, were later recaptured. Little Clothing Is Given For Relief By Hoke People Committee Appeals For Greater Contributions For The Nation al Old Clothing Campaign. Members of the Hoke pountv com mittee in charge of collecting old clothing for distribution in the war zones state that contributions to the .'campaign so far are very light, and that the county will fall far short of its 75,000 pound quota unless un- i ji i i. -J PYiiw pn v liirup triiLS ait Luiutru ui accoraine to ivirs. r. d. v-uie. ui inc. ,PTA, which organization cooperating . . - with the Kiwanis club in sponsor- J aU Sites IltTCUCU-anuuiu uc titoti 'but need not be ironed, woolen garments needing cleaning will be cleaned as funds for this purpose have been contributed by the PTA and other individuals. n Kenneth C. Ritter Taken By Death Kenneth Charles Ritter, 56, of Rockfish, died in Fayetteville Monday afternoon after an illness of several days. He was a native of Hoke county, the son of the late J. T. and Susan Blue Ritter. He was an employee of the State Highway Commission for 20 years, having retired several yea- ago due to ill health. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Belle T3,,tn D;tta rxna inn DairiH K Rit. . . ., ratt.-uiii.- tum hm- the Rev. David Blue and Rev. E. B Booker officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. on Carter and have an "all Hoke County bull session" while the three were on the same island. Tracy T. Cottingham, Jr., formerly of Raeford, has been given a dis ability discharge from the army and arrived at his home in Fayette ette last Thursday. He was a mem ber of the Raeford unit of the 252nd C. A., and spent two years overseas with them, returned to the States and served a tour of duty here. Prior to receiving his discharge, he was a patient at Asniora irenerai nos PitaU White Sulphur Springs. West Virginia. - - - campaign is tain no-sons who it develoned were .J"a enen C3mP F1 p0n-existent. These books; OPA will .""t more tfcan , 000 rtw were sold at S10 each. She P--n-fof clothing shoes and rTtT All clothing shoul, be "JrJ'.S I Mrs. W. H. Thompson j Dies At Maxton Mrs. W. H. Thompson, 7G, died Saurday morning at her home near Maxton. Funeral services were con ducted from the home at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. She was buried in the Maxton cemetery beside her husband, who died 14 years ago. At her bedside were three sons, Clyde S. Thompson of Charleston, S. C, Marshall A. Thompson of Washing ton, D. C, formerly of Raleigh, and W. Alton Thompson of Maxton, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles C. Hut ton of Greensboro. She is also sur vived by five brothers, T. J., S. R. and J. W. Smith of Vass, D. E. of Perkin ston. Miss., and A. A. Smith of Pic ayune, Miss.: two sisters, Mrs. Archie McGill of Maxton and Vass and .Mrs. J. M. Norton of Raeford; 12 gran VI children and tHree great-grandchildren. Before her marriage, Mrs. Thomp son was Annie Jane Smith, eldest dauijhter of the late Alexander and ; Harriet Smith of upper Hoke county. ! She has lived in Maxton 42 year.!. Oxford 0PA Holds Ji20n Gas Coupon Stealing Charges Fcmer Raeford Resident Un der Bond Pendinf Hearings Tn Federal Court Next Mon day. Edith T. Rovster of Raleig'i and i D;LothY e Dim former resident under bonds of $1,000 e?oh and are expected to go on trial Monday in Federal Court in Raleigh or charges of theft and selling gasoline ration coupons. The girls, former employees of the Oxford War Price and Rationins boards, were placed under bonds last Thursday following hearings before Mrs. Elsie Garton, U. S. Commis sioner. T. S. Johnson, district OPA. dir ector, stated that the girls had been emoloyed at the Oxford board last yea' and had resigned from, these Dositions of their own accord on De cember 31, 1944, and the embez zlement of the coupons is supposed to have taken place between De- cember 15 and 31, after they had giv en "oiro of their resignations. According to the Kaleigh limes, OPA will charge, said Johnson, that "is? Rovster made fake entries on the ration records, showing that "A" Mmn hnnL-e hart hpon lCCMPri tn fPr- i ";' ....... --- - t-, c.u be77.1e son-e "A" books, and "B" and "C" coupons in a like manner. The stuwlemental gasoline coupons. OPA will charge, were sold by her from 50 cents to $1 per coupon. Miss Rovster had been employed bv the Oxford hoard since January, 1944. and Miss Dixon had been em ployed for 30 months. Kiwanis Asks For Day Of Praver For Conference Leaders Kiwanis International has ap pealed to business, civic and religi ous leaders in more than 2,250 com munities throughout the United Strtes and Canada to designate moment of prayer each day from j April 25 to May 9 for divine ui- j dance of delegates attending the San Francisco peace conference. The service organization, which has a membership of exceeding 144, 000 in the two countries, asked of ficers of clubs to seek the appoint ments of a community committee to urge the mayors of their respective cities to proclaim the daily prayer period. In its request to club officers, Kiw anis International expresses the o pinion that "the guidance of Al- mighty God in the deliberations and, decisions of this great conference is imperative it uiipciciuve ii idauuK ircnuc qiiuj.oe presenxea. ine may ruie uhr:c international justice are to be a tained." Kiwanis also asked that churc-i bells be rung or a siren sounded at the time designated to call the at tention of the public to the daily period of prayer. -o Guests in the homes of A. J. and George Freeman for the past week end was their father. J. W. Freeman of Biscoe and Cpl. and Mrs. Huey Long of Greensboro. Are you as "busy as a bee." An 1 active bee colony in col lee tin r 65 pounds of pollen visits 500 million . flowers. I a ' A : Jf ', ''I, i yf ' iiiii--TiTf litmiimnnmlf' iiiiiinir ninmtrrri--rr'"" w- Trainer Plane Bought With Bonds Sold By Hoke County School Children A decakorania crediting students of Hoke County Schools, with purchasing enough War Bonds and Stamps to buy an AT-6 Texan' Training Plane has been transferred to an airplane of that type at Foster Field, Texas, AAF Fighter Gunnery School. Here Major Lawrence W. Evans of Lorena, Texas. Ppst Operations Officer, and WAC Cjl. Gladys L. Quirk of Cresson, Penn.. both stationed at the AAF Training Command base decide where to place a decakomania. The stickers remindi pilots of the out standing war effort exercised by children of the school designated on the decakomania. Discharges For Meri Forty-Two Or Over WASHINGTON, Apr. 24. The war department today announced that en listed men 42 years of age or over will be discharged from the army at their request. The ruling will not apply to any soldier who is undergoing discipli nary action or who is in need of further medical or surgical treatment Approximately 50,000 men in the army are 42 or over, the department said. Soldiers overseas who apply for and are eligible for discharge will be brought back to this country for release at the earliest practicable date." FMC To Present May Pageant On Next Tuesday Annual Outdoor Festival Will Feature Variety Of Folk Dances. The May Day Pageant at Flora Macdonald college will be presented on Tuesday afternoon, May 1, at 5 o'clock. The pageant this year will be centered around a group of miners a,in search of a May Pole, and will include a number of lovely and I colorful folk dances. Outstanding among the dancers will be Nonra Ann Lewis of Bessemer City, Mar j0rie Powell of Elizabethtown, and Sara Jean Austin of Thomasville An innovation this year will be the opening number of the pageant a mass drill of white-clad freshmen and sophomores. This will be fol lowed by Scottish folk dances in costume, by juniors and seniors in cluding of course the Highland Fling. These opening features will pre cede the entrance of the Queen and her court, and the crowning of the queen, after which the pageant will ' t- i .1 ii oy ine entire cast wiu i-iuse me fes tivities. The pageant is directed by Miss Ethel Bateman, director of physical education. , Lt. Ben F. Currie, who was wourui ed in a plane crash in the Pacific, has been returned to the States and is now in San Francisco. Fraom there he will go to the Jacksonville Naval Air station. Mrs. Woodrow McLean of Charle- jton spent the week end in the home .of Mr. W. A. McLean. Sgt. Woodrow McLean ii now stationed in the Ha waiian Islands. Joseph M. Bryant Shrine Head Is Speaker At Club Raeford Club Has First Open Meeting With Wives Attend ing Banquet. Joseph M. Bryant, potentate of the Shrine of North Carolina, was the principal speaker at the first open meeting of the Raeford Shrine club held last night in the armory. J. B. I Thomas, president of the newly , formed club was master of cere- monies. Also heard during the dinner pro gram was S. Caspar Chandler, state Shrine recorder, of Charlotte. Mr. Bryant is from Greensboro. A num ber of Shrine members from both Greensboro and Charlotte attended the meeting. Wives of the members of the local club were guests at the meeting last right, and a chicken dinner was ser ved by members of the Raeford chap ter of the Eastern Star. 0 Miss McKenzie's Brother Dies Miss Margaret McKenzie of the Raeford school faculty received news Saturday morning that her brother. iWillian N. McKenzie, had died in Duke hospital at eight o'clock that morning. He had been ill for sev eral years but had only been at Duke for one week. Funeral ser vices were conducted from the home of his mother in Gibson on Sunday afternoon at six o'clock. He is sur vived by his wife, two children, his mother, one brother and three sis ters. Attending the funeral and burial services from Raeford were: Mrs. Julian Johnson, Miss Agnes Mae Johnson, Mrs. Clyde Unchurch, Mrs. Clyde Upchurch, Jr., Mrs. Arah Stu art, Mrs. Hallie Gatlin, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. MacDonald and Mr. and Mrs. V. R. White. n Board Names Beall And Blackwelder To Hospital Posts The State Hospitals Board, meet ing last Saturday named Dr. Louis G. Beall of Morganton and Dr. R. G. Blaclewelder of Raleigh as acting superintendents of the Morganton and Raleigh state hospitals respec tively. Ryan McBryde, board member from Raeford, was named chairman of the buildings and grounds committee, and will also serve on the agricul ture and Goldsboro hospitals visiting j committees. Lawrence Jones Gets 12-15 Years In States Prison Superior Court Term Lasts But Five Hours; Three Divorces Are Granted. In a brief session of Hoke County Superior court held Monday. Judge Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw, dealt out justice in the few criminal ca.se! on the docket, heard three divorce cases and adjourned the session. Lawrence Jones, negro, entered a plea of guilty of second degree mur der of Dave Bethea, anj this was accepted by Solicitor Ertle Carlyle. Jones shot Bethea to death three weeks ago following an argument about Jones' wife. Garfield Watkins, negro, changed with abandonment, pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay $25 pel month towards the support of his two children. A true bill of second degree mur der was returned by the grand jury against Cecil King, white convict, indicted for the murder of another convict at Sanatorium, but due to the fact that King is already under sen tence of 40 years on other cases, Solicitor Carlyle asked for a nol pros with leave, and the court ordered King returned to State's prison. Lonnie Ray, negro, pleaded guilty of assault on a female and was giv en 18 months on the roads. The court ordered the sentence suspen ded upon payment of $500. to defray tne costs of bringing Ray back from New York where he was arrested two weeks ago, pay court costs, anj any balance to go to Beatrice Cherry the woman he assaulted last fall. Divorces Granted. In the only civil hearings of the term, three divorces were granted in the cases of Gladys vs Amos L. Smith; Nellie Tew vs. William Frank lyn Tew, all white; and Alee Adams Cheek vs. Kenneth Cheek, negroes. Grand Jury. ; Neill A. McDonald was named foreman of the grandjury and he and the following were the new mem bers named to that body: E. A. Wine coff, J. W. McNeill, N. McL. Mc Diarmii M. W. Ray, B. F. McDuf fie, J. M. Baker and W. J. McBryde. Members from last term are: C. J. Holland, J. B. McLeod. R. F. Clark, A. M. McBryde, G. D. Vanhoy, T. D. Potter, W. F. Livingston and'j. W. Smith. The grand jury submitted the fol lowing report. To His Honor Henry L. Stevens, Judge Presiding. We. the Grand Jury of Hoke Coun ty, beg to submit the following re port. We have examined one bill of in dictment and found one true bill. We have a report from K. A. Mac Donald, Superintendent of Schools stating that the school buses ara in excellent condition. We have examined the report of the Justice of Peace and found it to be in order. We have examined the report of the Mayor and the Town of Raeford and have found it to be in order. We have examined the County Jail and the Courthouse and found them to be in excellent condition with the exception of one leak from a drain pipe from the roof of the jail. We also have a report that the County Office building is well kept. We wish to express our appreciation to His Honor Judge Henry L. Stevt is for his fine charge ani fir the co operation and assistance shown us by him and our able Solicitor F. E. Car lyle. Respectfully Submitted, Neill A. McDonald, For.r3n. M. G. Ray Clerk. -0- Goats Display Horse Sense; Three "Adopt' Mess Sergeant ' CENTRAL LUZON. P. I. (Delayed) Marines here have a new twist to the pet angle. This time its goats hundreds of them. When personnel of the First Ma rine Air Wing's dive-bomber squa drons landed, they pitched camp near their operating field In central Lu zon. The goats took over the Ma rines. Milling around throughout the entire area bleating happily, they lounge in unoccupied tents during the day. The goats have adopted their fav orite Marines and follow them every where even to church, reports Staff Sgt. Bill Allen, a Marine Corp3 com bat correspondent. To prove that goats have a gen erous portion of horse sense, three of them have adopted the .mess ser geant. These three are fatter than the rest. O The national pig goal has been set at 37 million head, 18 per cent more than the number raised last fall. I
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